It’s that time of year again! Exam time!

Are you looking for simple solutions on how to revise?

The Urba-life team have put together the best tips for you to follow while studying for your exams. We understand that this is a time full of stress, worries and doubt but we believe that with these useful tips your get through it. Knowing how to properly prepare for finals is the key to avoiding stress and acing every single one of your exams. Below you will find multiple points of how you can prepare and revise in an efficient way:

Find a quiet space

This is a pretty straightforward one: you desperately need a place where you can be uninterrupted for a few hours. Your room, local or your school/university library will do. Be careful with revising in a coffee shop such as Starbucks. It is a popular option, however it does not work for everybody and people often get distracted!

Draw up a revision timetable

Research shows that shorter 20-30 minute spells work best, because your concentration is much higher. We recommend taking short, frequent breaks. Its also a good idea to mix up the order of subjects you revising.

Start in the morning

Starting revision sooner rather than later is a very good idea. Try to stick to a schedule and start revising in the morning – research shows that you are more likely to do all the planned work if you start early, because as it gets closer to the evening, there is bigger tendency to get outside.

Do plenty of past papers

Ask your lectures for some past papers or google them yourself. Most exam boards nowadays put a lot of emphasis on exam technique and simply familiarising yourself with it before the exam can often save you time and help to earn marks at the exam. A lot of examiners do not bother with inventing terribly innovative questions once you have done three or four past papers chances are that some of questions that come on the day will look familiar.

Make summary notes

Making notes is by far the best way to memorise lots of information.The best way to memorise information is by making notes over and over again. It may be incredibly tedious but the thing is that the most successful candidates often make as many as three sets of the same notes in a run up to the exams which help them to memorise the required information.

Exercise

Physical activity is very important, in particular during intense study time. Even going for a small 30-minute jog after a day of revision will make a huge difference to your wellbeing. Physical activity increases heart rate which makes the blood circulate faster. This in turn ensures that brain gets more oxygen which increases productivity whilst reducing tiredness and stress. Walking before an exam or before revising can boost your memory

Take short breaks every hour

Take regular breaks to let your memory recover and absorb the information you have just studied. You will learn best if you revise material, have a sleep and then review the material the next day.